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And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.
Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.
For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.
Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.
And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
